Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know

　　本書替有英文閱讀基礎的讀者，規劃46週深度閱讀練習，提供最紮實的漸進式學習方法。1971出版後每次再版都更新字彙與調整一些單元，從第三版開始也加入應考SAT字彙，這本書為四十週年紀念版，每個1100單字都有一個經典例句，可能來自多倫多日報、莎士比亞、有名文選詩集、或時代雜誌等。當然，作者還強調，讀者還會從新聞報紙或雜誌上讀到這1100個字，建立閱讀信心！

　　Updated to meet the needs of students preparing for the latest versions of the SAT and ACT college entrance tests, the new edition of this helpful, longtime best-selling book features word lists with definitions, analogy exercises, word games, and words-in-context exercises.

　　A special feature is the authors' Panorama of Words, in which each of the book's 1110 words is presented in a sentence from a well-known novel, play, poem, or other literary source. A new "Bonus Materials" section commemorates this book's 40th Anniversary as a leader in vocabulary building and test preparation.